Site Report: Anahuac NWR (UTC 049)
Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus)
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Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus)
Salt and freshwater marsh.
Visits
- 2013-04-19: Drove around looking for the American Golden Plover.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (40 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(40 records)
Class: Birds
(39 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Pelicans (17 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Family: Herons
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(11 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Family: Wrens
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)